Black Sabbath Recruit “Substitute Drummer” For Immediate Shows
Black Sabbath have decided to recruit an as-yet unnamed drummer for their nearing live performances. The move follows a failure to come to an agreement with drummer Bill Ward.
A group statement from Black Sabbath was issued on the matter today and reads as follows:
“We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill‘s latest statement. There are two sides to every story. We have been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after Tony‘s treatments and we have engaged a substitute drummer for the forthcoming shows. See you at Download.”
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If Joey Jordison plays drums for Black Sabbath, I am quitting heavy metal.
That would actually be kinda funny, but where did you get the idea of Joey Jordison from?
I have a feeling it’s Portnoy.
SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB!!!
Minus Bill Ward, this band should be referred to as ‘Wack Sabbath’. That is all.
No disrespect to Bill, but when I see Sabbath it’s for Ozzy and Tony. Dave Grohl plz.
FUUUUUCK YEEEESSSS!!!!
Then you don’t fully appreciate Sabbath. When you see Sabbath, you go for each member in that band cause they all individually made that band what it is.
I have seen Sabbath 2 times now with Bill behind the kit, and that’s how its supposed to be. Any other drummer there wouldn’t have felt right.
If Bordin wasn’t doing shows with FNM, it would probably be him. Ozzy loves him, and he’s better then Grohl, by a mile.
Yeah you’re right, that makes sense. Because every band is comprised completely of every founding member.
I’m sorry, was that supposed to be your argument winner? It doesn’t matter what other bands do. The most important years of Sabbath where during the times when all 4 of those guys were in the band.
Any actual Sabbath fan knows this, and won’t agree with your moronic statement. Maybe you should stick to your Alien Ant Farm shows.
Guess what? It’s not those years anymore. That’d be like saying “Fuck any Led Zeppelin reunions, I’m not seeing them without Bonham” (who was also more instrumental in LZ than Ward was in BS).
AAF > CC you br00tal twat
Hey retard, there is a difference between a dead musician, and a current living one. And LZ got Bonham’s son. Pretty classy move by them.
Good work on the arguments.
FNM only have 8 shows in under 2 weeks, none of them even come close to conflicting with the 3 sabbath shows.
There you go. Bordin is unreal and probably one of the few drummers I would accept in this half assed reunion.
I saw him once way back in the day play for Korn, and he killed their old joke of a drummers stuff and even added his own flare. He was the only reason I went, and was worth it.
RelentlessBeating…just because a thought pops in your head doesnt mean its correct. Those are called opinions, dude. As a drummer myself I couldnt care less if Ward was there or not, never been a fan of him to begin with. He has no style that stands out. Sabbath has no defining drum style. With that said, the guys mentioned above (Grohl, Puffy) or any slew of solid drummers could fill this position.
Hey retard, there’s also a difference between a musician in 1970 and in 2012. They could just recruit one of the 15 other drummers that played with the band, would that make you stop being such a whiner?
Awww shit idiot 1(Adam), but idiot 2(Wurst) has now backed up your opinion, which actually makes it completely meaningless. That sucks.
Anyways idiot 1, were any of those drummers by chance on the albums that featured Ozzy? What? NO???? Hmmmm, then no, it wouldn’t make me very happy. Also considering that Sabbath only play the songs from the Ozzy years, then a true Sabbath reunion would involve Ward. Don’t give 2 fucks if he wasn’t an insane drummer, or didn’t change anything, he was there from the start, so without him, it’s not a real reunion.
Fuck, next one of you idiots will be telling me Geezer doesn’t need to be there either, and that he’s no good.
No one said that he “isn’t good” – he’s just not up on the pedestal that the other three are. You just turn into Joe Peschi in the Snickers commercial and whine like a little bitch and get yourself all worked up, it’s pretty amusing. If it’s “no Sabbath unless it’s all 4″ or “Sabbath with only 3″ I’m taking the latter 11/10 times.
Hahaha I think it’s funny you think I get all worked up over your comments. When I read most of what you post on here, I laugh and just shake my head most the time.
Anyways, so now Geezer means something to you? Cause before you just would go for Ozzy and Tony.
Sabbath is the original four. This grumpy old men business is horseshit we wouldn’t even know about if it weren’t for twitter.
I’m betting the replacement drummer will be the same scab that Ozzy stole from Rob Zombie.
This whole topic is moot. They should’ve consulted Scott Vogel before even signing up for this tour. Jeesh…
My guess is it will be Appice.
If they want to go with an older guy who is still a massive beast on drums they need to look no further than Tommy Aldridge. The dude is like 62 and hits harder than Bordin.
just for the hair alone is well worth the entertainment.
Randy Castillo! …oh wait.
daaaamn haha thats wrong dude.
They should just get Derek Roddy to blast every Sabbath song to Hell.
Damn,that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long while. Ever since Today is the Day gave him the boot, he has just been a ghost.
Roddy auditioned for Dream Theater, but other than that, he’s not doing much.
Wow Dream Theater hey?! That’s crazy. It’s too bad, he was a deadly drummer.
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